The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-03-11
REECHER nEAqH-SIRIcEEN.
ihe Blow Came SO Gradually It's Seri-
BUSINESS Was Not Recognized
at First.
Mr.. Beecher Unconscious Most of the
lime and the End Almost Hourly
Expected.
DOWN.

The apOpIeCClc SCEoKe WHICH Inc HeV. u6nry
ward Beecher's physicians awe long feared
anne today with sudden and starEling ef-
,oct There were, Of course, preliminary
,vmrtoms running through Thursday and
Erj5ay but no one recognized in
tbo,n ANYTHING but a trifing illness, and
Tho blow came at last with the force
nd horror of an unexpected bolt There is,
In fact. little if any hope of the great preach
or,s recovery. He may linger until Sunday
morning or Monday, with even some con-
,c,onsness and show OF life, but beyond that
the doctors in attendance can at present
rive no assurance, Hnd ut a late hour to-
1ioh+ aroearances indicated that P~lymouth's
rostor would die on the Sabbath. Mr..
Reecher has been i'll since Thursday.
he had been in this city the greater
mart of the day and went to his sons house
in BROOKLYN late in the afternoon with a
feeIpu Of nausea. By tue time he reached
the house he seemed quite Frustrated. DR..
" s Searle, who has been his family physi-
rian for wears. was summoned. In addition
h uau, a and headache the doctor found
Mr. beecher suffering from q soreness about
the throat and chest to such an ex-
sant that he feared an attach Of
pneumonia These symptoms quickly
oassed away and he grew better, but when
he went to bed he complained of a severe
pain in the head. After a while ne dropped
off TO sleep, but awoke at intervals all
through the night Toward morning he
vomited considerably. Mrs Beecher re-
NAMED in constant attendance upon him all
night After daylight he began to improve,
and by the time the doctor called he was
49, TI-z,-h Eri}oyv hfo oopAftfnn ~
favorable, quoting all alarm felt by the
tamtIy. He did not feel well enough TO get
10, however, and was compelled to remain
away from the prayer meeting on Friday
night
NUMEROUS INQUIRIES
were made about his illness after the meet
Ing, but as the family and physician felt
sure that everything would be all right in q
few days, no general alarm was caused
This morning. however, q sudden change for
the worse took place. 1t was of such an
alarming character that DR.. William A. Ham
mond Of this city was hastily summoned He
and Dr.. Searle made an examination, and de-
Clared that Mr.. Beecher was suffering from
m apoplectic attack. He lay in a semi
comatose condition, but was reused by the
efforts Of the doctors. Neither consciousness
nor his unfailing sense of humor had quite
fOrSaken him.
"Cau you raise your arm, Mr.. Beecher?" asked
Dr.. hammond
Yes, I guess So came the low reply.
How high can you raise it,"
Well, high enough to hit you, doctor" said
The clergyman. with q feeble smile.
he did not seem 10 be suffering any pain,
and when approached by Mrs Beecher and
other members of the family he looked up
as though he recognized them and knew
what was going on. Later on in the after
noon, however, he closed his eyes and sunk
INTO partial Inconsistencies Mrs. Beecher
and Dr.. Hammond were standing by his
bedside discussing in whispers the
chances of saving his life, ? when
Mrs Beecher sud- My suggested
that perhaps her husband understood
what they were saying. The doctor told her
to ask him, and bending low Mrs. Beecher
said: Henry, Henry, do you know what we
said about you?E MI. Beecher seemed to
make 2 supreme effort His lips ENCLOSED
and his breath came more quickly. His right
hand opened and closed convulsively
and at last a murmur of words came forth
That fell Upon ears strained to the utmost
But the eyes never opened: 'You-Nere-say-
tng-that-I Observation-Disclosures was the dis
leinted sentence SO painfully uttered Then
A sTRANeE N APPEN
Inc words seemed as il spoken in a dream,
out the shadow Of a smile fluttered across
we noble mouth only to vanish into m
oppression almost of indifference. Tine in
onation Of Mr.. Beecher's voice expressed
aosolute Indifference, as If he spoke OF the
cnances OF life and death Of an entire
Stranger. There was neither hope nor hope
~essness; neither gladness or sorrow. These
we're the last words he uttered The story
y Nj. Beecher's alarming condition was not
made known until after noon, and even then
travelled slowly. There have been so
many ~groundless rumors about his health
within the last few years that few were dis
posed TO credit what was said about it
o-day. A visit to his house In Hicks
Mreet however, showed that it was
que The first bulletin was issued at 3
o'clock II was pinned to the front door,
snd stated that M. Reecher had an attack
u apoplexy; that he was suffering no pain,
aug That bulletins would be issued hourly,
SUNDAY TELSGRAMs.
with the second visit of Dr.. w. A Ham.
@oAa 70 the Plymouth pastors residence,
sOoKiyn, to-day. the last lingering hope OF
1 Deecher's recovery was abandoned pr.
Aammond was driven to the house at 2:3C
he found his llustrious patient in
s@se OF profound coma. So complete was
~ paralysis OF the sensoriai nerves thai
Zen The physician pinched the flesh Of the
TX side until his nails met, Mr.. Beechel
salled to evince the faintest evidence oi
R~h. Even when DR.. Hammond lifted The
n ERalld o~a -. - 4 49,. -.
egeball, the delicate muscles did mot witch
: similar experiment on the right eye, how.
~, Produced q slight shrinking and mus.
80 contraction, but there wal nc evidences
active sensibility. The rot of swallow
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